Before Atari, there were simple games we played outside with our friends that kept us entertained for hours. Red Light, Green Light was one of them. If you think about it, Red Light, Green Light (a childhood game of timing, listening and advancing) was a simple, activity that required no…

My mom died without any real girlfriends. We didn’t notice it until after our father died and we, my siblings and I, looked to help our mom stay active and vibrant in her retirement in her new life. …

Hill Street Blues was an 80’s cop show…starring…well, somebody. Couldn’t tell ya if I wanted to lol. Why? Because the show came on at 10:00 PM every Thursday, right at my bedtime. So, my sister and I weren’t allowed to watch it. But with a little bargaining with my mama…

One Saturday I was cleaning and listening to music and the 1981 hit “I can’t go for that” by Hall & Oates came on. It’s on my “housecleaning” playlist so I hear it just about every week. …

You don’t know stress the way you think you do if you have never played the classic “Perfection” game by Hasbro. To refresh your memory, you had seconds to put all of these pieces which would be scattered out of order back in their spots before the time ran out. …

Gen-X had a meeting and let the record reflect that we have voted the grind culture off the island. Missed the meeting? I’ll send you the minutes, but TRUST me. We voted it down with our actions, attitude and preferences overwhelmingly. You know dog gone well, that even though you…

Do you ever feel like the years have gone by too quickly? You’re not alone; many of us that find ourselves at mid-life and beyond, look over our shoulders and wonder where the heck did all those years go and since when are WE the adults? It seems like yesterday…

Forbes magazine recently released its 2022 list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women” on the list is 34-year-old Rihanna, the youngest to have a net worth of more than one billion dollars. Her $1.4 billion fortune was realized primarily from the triumph of her brand and cosmetics line, Fenty Beauty. So…

I couldn’t be prouder to be a GenX woman. I recently read about New Zealand Prime Minister (and fellow GenX-er), Jacinda Ardern. According to reporting NPR, Ms. Ardern resigned her position, not because of scandal or a higher role she was pursuing-but simply cited “burnout”. Why am I proud? It…